Press Briefings
December 17, 2020
Online briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Alexandros Papaioannou (Athens, 17 December 2020)
A. PAPAIOANNOU: Good morning, everyone. First of all, I apologize for the delay, but that’s how this job is. My schedule isn’t up to me. The Minister had a long conversation with his Moldovan counterpart, and that just finished. Thank you for your patience. I’ll get right down to business, because we don’t have much […]
December 3, 2020
Online briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Alexandros Papaioannou (Athens, 3 December 2020)
A. PAPAIOANNOU: Good morning to everyone. I apologize for the delay. Something came up. So, I’ll start the briefing. First of all, before I talk about the programme, two things about last week. The first, very briefly, was the NATO Ministerial, which took place last Tuesday. I’d like to highlight three points about that. First, […]
November 27, 2020
Online briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Alexandros Papaioannou (Athens, 26 November 2020)
A. PAPAIOANNOU: Good afternoon to everyone. Forgive me for holding today’s briefing a little later. The reasons were beyond my control, and of course we’re adapting. Normally, we will hold the briefing on Thursday mornings, as we have said. Allow me to start by expressing the sorrow of the Foreign Ministry family because, unfortunately, since […]
November 20, 2020
Video conference briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Alexandros Papaioannou (Athens, 20 November 2020)
A. PAPAIOANNOU: Good morning to everyone and let’s all have a good weekend. Allow me to begin with certain organisational matters. Firstly, I would like to inform you that I would like to hold a regular briefing every week. My intention is to hold it on Thursdays at 11.00, but, of course, this will be […]
December 5, 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Alexandros Yennimatas to brief diplomatic correspondents (6 December 2019)
The Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alexandros Yennimatas, will brief diplomatic correspondents at 11:00 on Friday, 6 December 2019 (MFA, Seferis Hall, 1 Vas. Sofias Ave.).
November 21, 2019
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Alexandros Yennimatas (Athens, 21 November 2019)
A. YENNIMATAS: Good morning, everyone. We’ll start with a few words about the schedules of the political leadership, the schedule of international meetings. We’llcontinue with a general statement, and then I will take your questions. The Minister of Foreign Affairs will meet with the Arab Ambassadors in Athens on Monday, 25 November. On 26 November […]
November 7, 2019
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Alexandros Yennimatas (Athens, 7 November 2019)
SPOKESPERSON: Good morning to everyone and thank you for being here today for the first regular briefing of diplomatic correspondents. In particular, I would like to thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Dendias, for honouring us with his presence today. Without his support and encouragement, the relaunching of these useful briefings could not have […]
April 25, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos’ contacts in China (Beijing, 25-27 April 2019)
In the context of his sojourn in China, where he is accompanying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Head of the Greek delegation in the 2nd “Belt and Road” Summit, Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos had a number of contacts with participants and local officials. More specifically, during his meeting with M.Šefčovič, Vice President and Commissioner […]
April 8, 2019
Meeting on the establishment of an International Team of Experts provided for by the Prespa Agreement on the issue of commercial names (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 08 April 2019)
A meeting on the establishment of an International Team of Experts, as provided for by the Prespa Agreement (article 1, par. 3) on the issue of commercial names, trademarks, and brandnames was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, 8 April. Representatives from the co-competent Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy and Development, and […]